This entire process to get authorized is estimated to take a minimum of four weeks By Jeff Sorg, OnlineEd Blog (October 4, 2017) (PORTLAND-OR) – Outlined below are the required steps to become an authorized home energy assessor with the City of Portland Home Energy Score program. This entire process is estimated to take a minimum of […]

Sometimes an Oregon real estate licensee will be operating as a contractor and not even know it! By Jeff Sorg, OnlineEd Blog (July 21, 2017) (PORTLAND-OR) Sometimes an Oregon real estate licensee will be operating as a contractor and not even know it! ORS 701 defines a contractor as ” . . . a person who, for […]

More than a quarter of homes sold for more than their asking price By Jeff Sorg, OnlineEd Blog (June 15, 2017) SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)– U.S. home prices rose 6.8 percent to a median sale price of $288,000 in May, according to Redfin (www.redfin.com), the next-generation real estate brokerage. Home sales increased 7.5 percent over last year, […]

As of January 1, the process of filing a claim against a residential contractor license bond now also includes a mediation process By Vic Lance, Lance Surety Bond Associates (April 8, 2017) As of January 1, 2017, new rules regarding the contractor license bond claim process in Oregon have been put in place. These rules […]

It only takes 16 clock-hours of CCB approved education to be eligible for your Oregon contractor license By Jeff Sorg, OnlineEd Blog (April 19, 2017) (Updated January 30, 2019) – The required training for an Oregon contractor license is not too complicated! License applicants must be at least 18 years old and complete a minimum of […]

Pending home sales fell 2.8% in January in the National Association of Realtors® Pending Home Sales Index OnlineEd Blog WASHINGTON D.C. (February 27, 2017) — Insufficient supply levels led to a lull in contract activity in the Midwest and West, which dragged down pending home sales in January to their lowest level in a year, […]

Portland home values rose 14 percent to a median value of $351,800 By Jeff Sorg, OnlineEd Blog (December 23, 2016) – In November, national home values rose at their fastest annual pace since 2006, near the peak of the housing bubble. The Zillow® Home Value Index (ZHVI) is $192,500, 2 percent shy of the records set in […]

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